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☆ AI startups are pitching a new passive-income side hustle: automated videos for YouTube and TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But if you think there's a lot of AI content on TikTok today, buckle up. The output rate ranges anywhere from three auto-posted videos a week to 120 videos a month for a single TikTok or YouTube account. The company charges $30 a month for daily AI-generated videos and $45 to post twice a day. An example of an AI-generated video provided by Faceless.video cited Bible verse Isaiah 41:10 and got thousands of "likes." "My view is that YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, they're not going to really show organically a lot of automated AI content," Sanket Shah, CEO of the video-creation platform Invideo, told BI.

Persons: —, Jesus, Instagram's, It's, Faceless.video, Jacob Seeger, Seeger, TikTok, they're, Shah Organizations: Service, Facebook, Business, YouTube

☆ I've been with my boyfriend for 12 years. We own a home, are planning to adopt a child, but don't want to marry.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Rachel Kramer Bussel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

On a episode of "Abbott Elementary," outspoken teacher Melissa Schemmenti's doting boyfriend Gary heavily hints at planning a wedding proposal, which she insists she doesn't want. Thinking he's found such a miracle, Gary gets Philadelphia Eagles player Jalen Hurts to help him make the proposal. My boyfriend and I jointly own a home, are listed in each other's wills, take vacations together, and are waiting to adopt a child. Marrige is seen as the goalEven in 2024, marriage is still seen as the ultimate achievement in the game of love. What if we saw marriage as one of many ways of honoring love rather than the only socially sanctioned one?

Persons: Melissa Schemmenti's, Gary, he's, Jalen, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Drew, we'd, Melissa, Doug, fixating, we're, we'll, we've, Rachel Kramer Bussel Organizations: Service, Philadelphia Eagles, Twitter

How the U.S. Humanitarian Pier in Gaza Will WorkA humanitarian pier the U.S. military will bring to the Gaza Strip is currently being assembled and is expected to be ready to receive initial shipments of food and other aid early next month, according to military officials. Pier At the pier, loaded aid trucks are driven to Gaza’s shore. Gaza Strip EMPTY TRUCKS return to the pier Humanitarian partners will pick up aid near the shore to take it into the Gaza Strip. Pier At the pier, loaded aid trucks are driven to Gaza’s shore. Gaza Strip EMPTY TRUCKS return to the pier Humanitarian partners will pick up aid near the shore to take it into the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Juan Camilo Jimenez Garces, Trucks, OCHA, U.N, David Satterfield, Israel Organizations: United Nations, U.S . Agency for International Development, Military, Aid, Spanish, BANK, New York Times Ships, Army, New York Times, Food, WFP GAZA, United Nations Office, Humanitarian, New York Times Aid, Hamas, U.S Locations: U.S, Gaza, Larnaca, Cyprus, Dubai, Kenya, Europe, CYPRUS Larnaca, BANK GAZA, ISRAEL EGYPT, LEBANON, Israel, United States, Med, ISRAEL Rafah, Shalom, Egypt, Israel’s

Poli Devi, whose 11-month-old daughter Janvi was among the children who died due to kidney injury after consuming contaminated cough syrup, holds a photo of her at their house in Ramnagar on the outskirts of Jammu, India, March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - India's drug regulator has found that a cough syrup and an anti-allergy syrup made by Norris Medicines (NORI.BO) are toxic, according to a government report, months after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to 141 children's deaths worldwide. Koshia said Norris used to export the cough syrup, but did not say where. "We are aware of the CDSCO report and have communicated with that agency to ascertain where the products... have been exported," said a WHO spokeswoman. The CDSCO also found three batches of COLD OUT syrup made by Fourrts (India) Laboratories contaminated with DEG and EG.

Persons: Poli Devi, Janvi, Anushree, Koshia, Norris's, Norris, Vimal Shah, S.V, Veeramani, Adani Wilmar, Krishna N, Jennifer Rigby, Andrew Heavens, Nick Macfie, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Norris Medicines, Central Drugs Standard Control, EG, Drug Control Administration, Reuters, World Health Organization, WHO, Laboratories, World Health Organisation, Fourrts, Pharmaceuticals Export, of India, Thomson Locations: Ramnagar, Jammu, India, DELHI, Gambia, Uzbekistan, Cameroon, Gujarat, Fourrts, Iraq, pharmexcil

☆ Covid Vaccines May Roll Out Within Days
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Christina Jewett | More About Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The latest Covid boosters are expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration as early as Monday, arriving alongside the seasonal flu vaccine and shots to protect infants and older adults from R.S.V., a potentially lethal respiratory virus. After a final decision by the C.D.C.’s director, millions of doses will be shipped to pharmacies, clinics and health systems nationwide within days. As Covid cases creep up, the prevention measures could portend the first winter of the decade without a crush of patients pushing hospitals beyond capacity. But a healthy winter is far from a lock: Last year, the updated Covid vaccine made it into the arms of only 20 percent of adults in the United States. Others see this year as an opportunity to protect more vulnerable people from severe illness or death.

Persons: ’ Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, Disease Control, Pfizer, BioNTech Locations: R.S.V, Moderna, United States

☆ Some Older Adults Are Being Charged Over $300 for the New R.S.V. Vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Dana G. Smith | More About Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Amanda Jaffe, 69, went to her local pharmacy at the Safeway in Helena, Mont., to get the R.S.V. Upon hearing the price (over $300), Ms. Jaffe thought “that’s ridiculous” and left without getting it. Several common vaccines, including those for the flu and Covid-19, are included under Medicare Part B, which provides medical coverage. vaccines, as well as a few others, including the vaccine for shingles, are covered under Medicare Part D, which pays for prescription drugs. As a result, Medicare enrollees without a Part D plan — roughly 16 million people — may have to pay for the R.S.V.

Persons: Amanda Jaffe, “, ” Ms, Jaffe, ”, Richard Hughes IV, Epstein Becker Green Organizations: Safeway, Medicare, Moderna, Centers, Medicaid Services, New York Times Locations: Helena, Mont

Online, the Defense Ministry published a splashy video ad focusing on two central motivations: machismo, and money. It defines military service as more meaningful — and manly — than what’s depicted as the Russian man’s typical, humdrum existence. Since the invasion’s beginning, state television newscasts have been offering viewers a sanitized view of the war. “I got all the payments that contract servicemen are entitled to if they’re wounded,” the veteran, Nikolai Karpenko, says. “Contract military service, Nikolai says, gave him the chance to show that he’s a real defender of the fatherland,” the reporter intones.

Persons: “, Nikolai Karpenko, Nikolai, intones Organizations: Defense Ministry, Russian Defense Locations: Russian, Irkutsk, Siberia, Ukraine

☆ How a college football quarterback with 36,000 Instagram followers scored more than 30 brand deals and made himself the go-to voice for NIL
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Chase Griffin has more than 30 brand deals, and his recent ones are mostly multi-year partnerships. Chase Griffin. 1st College Athlete Brand Ambassador for the largest/most powerful bank in the world. JP MOrgan Chase 1st College Athlete Brand Ambassador. "NIL & Athlete Brands: A NewEra", November 22, 2022.

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☆ Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Crimea Bridge Attack Puts Spotlight on Sea Drones
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Moscow’s accusation that Ukraine used sea drones to attack and significantly damage Russia’s Kerch Strait Bridge to Crimea on Monday has put a spotlight on a weapon that could pose a particularly difficult threat for the Kremlin. He said they would have traveled across the Black Sea at a speed slow enough to minimize their wake and foil radar detection. For Ukraine, with its navy effectively blockaded and outmatched by Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the appeal of unmanned surface vessels is clear. Russia accused Ukraine in October of attacking its Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, the fleet’s base, with seven sea drones as well as aerial drones. On Sunday, Russia’s defense ministry said it had foiled another such attack in Sevastopol, involving two sea drones and aerial drones.

Persons: ”, Sam Bendett, Bendett, Mr Organizations: CNA, The New York Times, Russian, Fleet, Black Locations: Ukraine, Kerch, Crimea, Russian, Virginia, Russia, Azov, Dnipro, Sevastopol

☆ F.D.A. Approves R.S.V. Shot for Infants
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Christina Jewett | More About Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a shot to protect infants and vulnerable toddlers against respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., offering one of the first protections for an illness that fills children’s hospitals year after year. The monoclonal antibody shot is expected to be available at the start of the fall R.S.V. vaccine by Pfizer for pregnant women that is meant to protect infants from the virus. can cause serious disease in infants and some children and results in a large number of emergency department and physician office visits each year,” Dr. John Farley, an official in the F.D.A. “Today’s approval addresses the great need for products to help reduce the impact of R.S.V.

Persons: ” Dr, John Farley, “ Organizations: Drug Administration, Pfizer, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Centers for Disease Control, Center, Drug, Research

☆ China's chipmaking export curbs 'just a start', Beijing adviser warns before Yellen visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Shares in some Chinese metals companies rallied for a second session as investors bet that higher prices for gallium and germanium, which Beijing's export restrictions target, could boost revenues. China is the world's biggest producer of rare earths, a group of metals used in EVs and military equipment. Asked about the metals export curbs, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday the government's actions were reasonable and lawful. WARNING SHOTSome larger chip manufacturers view China's export controls on gallium as more of a warning shot about what economic pain the country could inflict. China's germanium ingot was priced at 9,150 yuan per kg on Tuesday, also flat on the day and on the week, Refinitiv data showed.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Wei Jianguo, Wei, Yellen, Biden, China's, Wang Wenbin, Wang, Gecamines, Belgium's Umicore, Xi Jinping, Eikon, Brenda Goh, Amy Lv, Tian, Nick Carey, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Jacqueline Wong, Catherine Evans Organizations: Treasury, Thursday Analysts, Washington, Commerce, China Daily, China Center for International Economic, Independence, Analysts, Micron, Global Times, Union, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, AMS, Democratic, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Shanghai Metal Exchange, Beijing, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, BEIJING, SHANGHAI, U.S, Japan, Netherlands, United States, Swiss, Teck Resources, North, Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Washington, Yunnan, London

☆ Federal Officials Hatch a Three-Pronged Defense Against Another ‘Tripledemic’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Apoorva Mandavilli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To prevent a repeat of last winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses, Americans will be encouraged to roll up their sleeves not just for flu shots but for two other vaccines, one of them entirely new. Federal health officials have already asked manufacturers to produce reformulated Covid vaccines to be distributed later this year. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took an additional step, endorsing two new vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus for older Americans. The three shots — flu, Covid and R.S.V. But there are uncertainties about how the vaccines are best administered, who is most likely to benefit, and what the risks may be.

Persons: ”, Ofer Levy Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Boston Children’s Hospital, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Federal

☆ Three Vaccines for Fall: What You Need to Know
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Apoorva Mandavilli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Most Americans have had one or more shots of the flu and Covid vaccines. Federal health officials are hoping that widespread use of these three vaccines will head off another “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses, like the one seen last winter. Here’s what he and other experts say about who should receive which vaccines, and when. What respiratory illnesses are coming our way? are all likely to resurge this fall, but exactly when and how much damage they will do are unknown.

Persons: ”, Ofer Levy Organizations: Boston Children’s Hospital, Food and Drug Administration Locations: hospitalizations

The target was Aleksandr Poteyev, a former Russian intelligence officer who disclosed information that led to a yearslong F.B.I. investigation that in 2010 ensnared 11 spies living under deep cover in suburbs and cities along the East Coast. In keeping with an Obama administration effort to reset relations, a deal was reached that sought to ease tensions: Ten of the 11 spies were arrested and expelled to Russia. According to Mr. Walton’s book, a Kremlin official asserted that a hit man, or a Mercader, would almost certainly hunt down Mr. Poteyev. Based on interviews with two American intelligence officials, Mr. Walton concluded the operation was the beginning of “a modern-day Mercader” sent to assassinate Mr. Poteyev.

Persons: Aleksandr Poteyev, Obama, Sergei V, Mr, Poteyev, Brown, Calder Walton, Walton’s, Ramón, Joseph Stalin’s, Leon Trotsky’s, Walton, Mercader ”, Grigory Mairanovsky Organizations: Intelligence, Harvard, The New York Times, Kremlin Locations: Russian, East Coast, Russia, Moscow, Britain, Mexico City, S.V.R

☆ F.D.A. Panel Advises Vaccine Makers to Aim at Only One Covid Variant
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The bivalent shots offered last fall included protection against the Omicron variant and an early Covid variant. is expected to make a more official recommendation to vaccine makers soon. The manufacturers will be expected to study the new formulas and submit data to the agency. spokesman said it expected that an updated vaccine would be available by late September, assuming the data support safe and effective vaccines. It remains unclear whether or when the vaccine makers or the F.D.A.

Persons: ”, Peter Marks, Natalie Thornburg Organizations: Pfizer, Moderna, Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, Agency Locations: United States

☆ F.D.A. Approves Pfizer’s R.S.V. Vaccine for Older Adults
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Each year, about 60,000 adults 65 and older are hospitalized with R.S.V. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that in one year, more than 21,000 people in that age group would need to take the GSK vaccine to prevent one R.S.V. Several treatments, including a maternal vaccine and a monoclonal antibody for infants against R.S.V., are under agency review. The GSK vaccine, called Arexvy, was nearly 83 percent effective against severe R.S.V. The final vote of the F.D.A.’s advisory panel in favor of the Pfizer vaccine’s safety and efficacy was 7 to 4.

Persons: Miller Fisher, Jerica Pitts Organizations: Disease Control, GSK, Pfizer, Infants, R.S.V

☆ F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted on Thursday in favor of approving a vaccine by Pfizer to prevent the severe respiratory virus that is a potentially deadly threat to infants. The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year. Fourteen agency advisers unanimously agreed that the vaccine was effective, and the F.D.A. typically follows the recommendations of its advisory panels. Ten of the 14 agreed that the vaccine was safe, with some airing concerns about elevated rates — not all statistically significant — of preterm births among mothers who got the vaccine compared to those who received a placebo.

☆ San Francisco Fed Ties to S.V.B. Chief Attracts Scrutiny to Century-Old Setup
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has drawn attention to the relationship between the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which was in charge of overseeing safety and soundness at the lender, and the bank’s former chief executive, Greg Becker, who for years sat on the San Francisco Fed’s board of directors. The bank’s collapse on March 10 has prompted criticism of the Fed, whose bank supervisors were slow to spot and stop problems before Silicon Valley Bank experienced a devastating run that necessitated a sweeping government response. Mr. Becker’s position on the San Francisco Fed board would have given him little formal power, according to current and former Fed employees and officials. The Fed’s 12 reserve banks — semiprivate institutions dotted across the country — each has a nine-person board of directors, three of whom come from the banking industry. Those boards have no say in bank supervision, and serve mainly as advisers for the Fed bank’s leadership.

☆ R.S.V. Vaccine Approved for Older Adults
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

advisory panel reviewed data from trials for two vaccines aimed at older adults, one from GSK and one from Pfizer. The virus can lead to pneumonia, which is far more worrisome for older adults and especially for those with underlying medical conditions like heart and lung disease or diabetes. vaccine for older adults is also expected to receive F.D.A. in older adults and said it expected authorization in the first half of this year. Last week, the European Medicines Agency did recommend approval of GSK’s vaccine for adults 60 and older.

☆ What to Watch as the Fed Releases Its Look Into Silicon Valley Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The bank had a large share of deposits above the government’s $250,000 insurance limit. The bank’s leaders also made a big bet on interest rates staying low. That became a problem as the Fed, trying to control rapid inflation, carried out its most aggressive rate increase campaign since the 1980s. The bank held longer-term bonds that dropped in value as interest rates rose, because newer debt issued at the higher rates became more attractive for investors. Was it a problem at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which supervised the bank, or did the fault rest with the Federal Reserve Board, which has ultimate responsibility for bank oversight?

☆ George Conway says an insanity defense is Donald Trump's best shot against a possible indictment in New York, but that he'll never use it
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

George Conway says an insanity defense might be Trump's best shot in New York. Conway was weighing in on a series of incoherent Truth Social rants Trump posted on Sunday. Conway was responding on Twitter to screenshots of one of Trump's Truth Social rants on Sunday. "Are the coup-attempter's lawyers intending to use these posts as their proof in an insanity defense?" Conway told Insider on Sunday that from a legal perspective, even an insanity defense won't help Trump get off the hook in New York.

☆ Republicans are slamming the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank's customers, saying it's a giveaway to the rich
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Federal regulators bailed out Silicon Valley Bank depositors following its Friday collapse. The joint statement made from the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC noted that the bailout will not be funded by taxpayers — the FDIC's insurance fund, which stands at about $125 billion, will cover all SVB depositors. "I don't know if making money's now woke," Baker said. "Banks like S.V.B. President Joe Biden referenced the 2018 law in Monday remarks on SVB, saying that "we must reduce the risks of this happening again."

☆ Elizabeth Warren criticizes 'overnight' bailout of SVB customers while leaving 'millions of student loan borrowers in limbo'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Warren criticized SVB customer protections as millions of student-loan borrowers are "in limbo." Borrowers have yet to get broad relief and are waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of Biden's debt cancellation. Warren has long pushed for stricter oversight over big banks, along with protections for student-loan borrowers. Regulators' protections for SVB customers come as millions of borrowers are waiting for the Supreme Court to decide whether President Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt is legal. It's unclear whether borrowers will end up getting the "bailout" GOP lawmakers oppose, but for now, Warren wants to ensure big banks won't be able to escape regulation.

☆ The big bet against Japan’s new central bank boss: podcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Aimee Donnellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The world’s third largest economy picked Kazuo Ueda to be governor of the Bank of Japan. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss the challenges facing this outsider as international investors continue to bet against the BOJ keeping rates low. props.value : props.error;Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on TwitterSubscribe to Breakingviews' podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Katrina HamlinOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ Just How Bad Is the ‘Tripledemic’?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Amy Schoenfeld Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

R.S.V., or respiratory syncytial virus, has made so many young children ill this fall that weekly pediatric hospitalizations for R.S.V. Public health officials have been warning for weeks that a “tripledemic” of Covid-19, flu and R.S.V. Weekly hospitalizations for Covid-19, R.S.V. With flu surging and Covid-19 circulating, respiratory illness has overwhelmed pediatric units across the country, shifting the strain to emergency rooms and children’s hospitals. The predominant type of flu circulating right now, a subtype of influenza A known as H3, also tends to result in higher flu hospitalizations among the elderly, according to the C.D.C.

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